Kia Vahland
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, an imprint of Perseus Books, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Leonardo da Vinci was a revolutionary thinker, artist, and inventor who has been written about and celebrated for centuries. Lesser known, however, is his revolutionary and empowering portrayal of the modern female centuries before the first women's liberation movements. Before da Vinci, portraits of women in Italy were still, impersonal, and mostly shown in profile. Leonardo pushed the boundaries of female depiction having several of his female subjects,...
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